A genre of music most popular with late high school-
college age students, boys and girls alike. Excellent for road trips, experimentation with sex and/or
marijuana, and "chill" afternoons.
Douche rock is not quite underground and not quite
MTV-mainstream, allowing listeners to feel as if they listen to groups that the masses are not yet aware of.
Douche rock acts usually blur the lines between rock, reggae, folk, and jam-band without ever becoming legitimate in any genre. They can most easily be found at summer music festivals and outdoor venues such as Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin. The music is often characterized by an acoustic guitar toting frontman backed by a band that is almost certainly more talented than he is.
Most fans of
douche rock will attempt at some point to cross over into legitimate reggae, folk, or jam-band fanbases, concerts or festivals. This can have mixed results. Many quickly rush back to the security of the Jeep Liberty their parents bought them and their collection of 'Dave' bootlegs.
Dave Matthews Band, Jack
Johnson, Mason Jennings, G-Love and Special Sauce, John Mayer, John Butler Trio, Michael Franti, 311.
"Dude, wanna go catch Jack
Johnson's 3 night stand at Deer Creek?"
"Nah, one night of
douche rock is about all I can stand."
